Tuckermans at 9 returning to First Night Wolfeboro

Saturday

Dec 22, 2012 at 3:15 AM

WOLFEBORO -- A cappella singing group Tuckermans at 9 returns for its fifth consecutive year to First Night Wolfeboro on December 31. Three different shows will begin at 6:30pm, 7:30pm, and 8:30pm in the 500-seat Anderson Hall on the campus of Brewster Academy.

Based in the New Hampshire Seacoast, the group, dubbed “T9” by fans, has entertained audiences from Boston and Massachusetts’ north and south shores to Lewiston, Maine, and in New Hampshire from Portsmouth to Nashua and into the Lakes Region.

“We just celebrated our eighth anniversary,” says tenor Daryl Robertson of Eliot, Maine. “And in that time, the T9 sound has evolved into a huge variety of material from pop to rock to blues to light jazz, including our own customized versions of songs people know and love. But we do it a cappella, so our voices make all the music. No instruments or pre-recorded instrumental tracks are ever used. Everything you hear, including what sounds like brass, electric guitars, or drums, is just us. It’s a funny, entertaining show with something for every age and taste.”

The First Night Wolfeboro set list includes “I Got the Music In Me”, which T9 premiered earlier this month, adapted for the group from the original heard on The Sing Off TV show a few years ago. Others are Bruno Mars’ “Grenade”, the Eagles’ “Desperado”, and the Jefferson Airplane’s 60s rock anthem, “Somebody to Love”. Also planned are “Please Mr. Postman” and Jimmy Buffett’s “Cheeseburger in Paradise” as well as Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” and Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”.